---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "This Act makes the following changes to election law:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Delaware SB 177 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-08"
last_action: "2021-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283e781e-8ff2-4930-8590-9d6ab7ad955d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78855"
source_hash: "e44e616bdaca56ec0549e748cf97c9bd9e703df02a319425f586f84767f84bc2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 177 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This Act makes the following changes to election law:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78855&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB177)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-18** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2021-09-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283e781e-8ff2-4930-8590-9d6ab7ad955d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).